Helen L
@thehellers.bsky.social
VR/AR design | Narrative design & game writing | Virtual worlds | Interactive experiences | Engines of meaning. My work: www.lastdaysofparadise.com
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Excited to announce "Hotel Infinity", a game where you explore a mysterious hotel in roomscale #VR
It's a follow-up to Manifold Garden and builds on a lot of the same ideas (portals, impossible spaces, etc)
Launching in 2025 for #PSVR2 and #MetaQuest3
hotelinfinityvr.com
#indiegames #vrgaming
It's a follow-up to Manifold Garden and builds on a lot of the same ideas (portals, impossible spaces, etc)
Launching in 2025 for #PSVR2 and #MetaQuest3
hotelinfinityvr.com
#indiegames #vrgaming
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Excited to announce "Hotel Infinity", a game where you explore a mysterious hotel in roomscale #VR
It's a follow-up to Manifold Garden and builds on a lot of the same ideas (portals, impossible spaces, etc)
Launching in 2025 for #PSVR2 and #MetaQuest3
hotelinfinityvr.com
#indiegames #vrgaming
It's a follow-up to Manifold Garden and builds on a lot of the same ideas (portals, impossible spaces, etc)
Launching in 2025 for #PSVR2 and #MetaQuest3
hotelinfinityvr.com
#indiegames #vrgaming
#Vket Formula .3879 (2/2 posts). Also some weapons and avatars. The cyber industrial vibe of this Vket world was cool. Nice contrast to the organic feel of the others. #VR #digitalart
July 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#Vket Formula .3879 (2/2 posts). Also some weapons and avatars. The cyber industrial vibe of this Vket world was cool. Nice contrast to the organic feel of the others. #VR #digitalart
#Vket Formula .3879 (1/2 posts). This market world seemed mostly devoted modes of transport, mostly cars and car related assets. Most of us have driven some sort of car in #VRChat, some of us follow racing worlds or racing maps with different degrees of realism. #VR #digitalart
July 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#Vket Formula .3879 (1/2 posts). This market world seemed mostly devoted modes of transport, mostly cars and car related assets. Most of us have driven some sort of car in #VRChat, some of us follow racing worlds or racing maps with different degrees of realism. #VR #digitalart
#Vket Hypothetical Garden Exoplant (1/2 posts). This market world is an ornate dream garden of the imagination. Like in the other worlds, some interesting #VRChat -specific assets: developers that build VR communities w/ XP systems and Discord bots. Also, housing and other environment assets 🤩 #VR
July 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#Vket AlterVista Midnight worlds (2/2 posts). ... and VR live shows from #FailedtoRender + VR films from Studio Penrose Films. Also in a booth was #SlimeVR Tracker for full body tracking. These products/events are examples of experiences that #VR brings that can only be had in the medium. #VRChat
July 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
#Vket AlterVista Midnight worlds (2/2 posts). ... and VR live shows from #FailedtoRender + VR films from Studio Penrose Films. Also in a booth was #SlimeVR Tracker for full body tracking. These products/events are examples of experiences that #VR brings that can only be had in the medium. #VRChat
#Vket AlterVista Midnight worlds (1/2 posts). This world is a giant futuristic mall where you can find lots of unique avatars and assets. Most interesting to me were the things unique to VR - #metamory is an app for storing and viewing #VRChat photos... #VR #digitalart
July 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Vket AlterVista Midnight worlds (1/2 posts). This world is a giant futuristic mall where you can find lots of unique avatars and assets. Most interesting to me were the things unique to VR - #metamory is an app for storing and viewing #VRChat photos... #VR #digitalart
Love the playfulness of the Tea Party Rebake worlds at #Vket. Baked goods. An Earl Grey river. Avatars and shaders for sale. Also, links to streamers and ambassadors - good way to experience all the features the market worlds if you can make it into VRChat yourself. #VR #VRChat
July 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Digital assets and avatars for sale in the #Vket world Morihoji Street Yapopueto. The world itself is beautiful... you wander through the autumn mist to come upon a village in the deep woods. The designer #Dangotaso did a great job. #VR #VRChat #digitalart #avatar
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Digital assets and avatars for sale in the #Vket world Morihoji Street Yapopueto. The world itself is beautiful... you wander through the autumn mist to come upon a village in the deep woods. The designer #Dangotaso did a great job. #VR #VRChat #digitalart #avatar
Parareal #Hawaii in #Vket 2025. What I noticed about this world is the IRL connections and exclusive merch. Links offsite to Amazon where you u can get Vket collab merch, and to IRL Japanese cities. Compare this to the Vket of old that was focused on digital assets from indie creators. #VR #VRChat
July 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Parareal #Tokyo 🤩 Vket's parareal worlds are strange + wonderful. Maybe they're worlds that could've been or will be. Virtual versions of real places overlaid with #Vket booths and IRL businesses. Interact with some assets and you can find a real place to visit. #VR #VRChat #3D
July 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Vket avatars on full display in one of the Pixelica worlds😍 #VRChat #virtualreality #digitalart #avatars
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Vket avatars on full display in one of the Pixelica worlds😍 #VRChat #virtualreality #digitalart #avatars
Well, well, well... it's that time of the year again! VKet Summer 2025 started on VRChat this weekend and will run for 2 weeks. Parareal worlds + digital artists + real world vendors... every year the market grows in leap and bounds. Excited to see what's new. #VRChat #virtualreality #Vket #digital
July 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Well, well, well... it's that time of the year again! VKet Summer 2025 started on VRChat this weekend and will run for 2 weeks. Parareal worlds + digital artists + real world vendors... every year the market grows in leap and bounds. Excited to see what's new. #VRChat #virtualreality #Vket #digital
Reposted by Helen L
When Virtual Reality Makes Time Fly (and When It Doesn’t)
VR may only “compress” time in larger virtual environments.
#xr #vr #mr #ar #virtualworlds
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
VR may only “compress” time in larger virtual environments.
#xr #vr #mr #ar #virtualworlds
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
When Virtual Reality Makes Time Fly (and When It Doesn’t)
A replication and extension of a 2021 study, “Time Compression in Virtual Reality,” shows a more complicated relationship between virtual reality and time perception.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When Virtual Reality Makes Time Fly (and When It Doesn’t)
VR may only “compress” time in larger virtual environments.
#xr #vr #mr #ar #virtualworlds
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
VR may only “compress” time in larger virtual environments.
#xr #vr #mr #ar #virtualworlds
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/illu...
Just rewatched #TheFall by #Tarsem. It's a singular experience. An epic fable that plays out in the most scenic places you can imagine. Filmed in ~20 countries. Widely known for its sheer beauty, the film tells an archetypal myth of life, death, and rebirth. #storytelling #worldbuilding #myth
April 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just rewatched #TheFall by #Tarsem. It's a singular experience. An epic fable that plays out in the most scenic places you can imagine. Filmed in ~20 countries. Widely known for its sheer beauty, the film tells an archetypal myth of life, death, and rebirth. #storytelling #worldbuilding #myth
#Oblige (2017). There's a fine line between a cozy game and one that portrays life's mundanity. Oblige has a story that focuses on the understated dramas that make up daily life. It's somehow mundane and dramatic at once. A quiet magic. #indiedev #gamedev #storytelling
April 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#Oblige (2017). There's a fine line between a cozy game and one that portrays life's mundanity. Oblige has a story that focuses on the understated dramas that make up daily life. It's somehow mundane and dramatic at once. A quiet magic. #indiedev #gamedev #storytelling
Reposted by Helen L
#Immersive art and entertainment experiences can fail for a number of reasons, often intertwined: a bad business model, misconceptions of the experience by the public, an unexpected rent hike, poor execution of an idea, loss of a project's internal champion, and much, much more.
April 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#Immersive art and entertainment experiences can fail for a number of reasons, often intertwined: a bad business model, misconceptions of the experience by the public, an unexpected rent hike, poor execution of an idea, loss of a project's internal champion, and much, much more.
The #Dreams (1990) of #Kurosawa. Recurring dreams are powerful. They're connected to the deepest dramas playing out in our psyches and to the collective unconscious. They're both familiar and foreign. A portal key to the soul. #surreal #storytelling #film #worldbuilding
April 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The #Dreams (1990) of #Kurosawa. Recurring dreams are powerful. They're connected to the deepest dramas playing out in our psyches and to the collective unconscious. They're both familiar and foreign. A portal key to the soul. #surreal #storytelling #film #worldbuilding
Our caveman brain gets it. #Primal has no dialogue for its first season and minimal dialogue after that. Sound + color + image create a universal emotional landscape. Our one original instinct propels the story: the desire to survive. #animation #storytelling #worldbuilding
April 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our caveman brain gets it. #Primal has no dialogue for its first season and minimal dialogue after that. Sound + color + image create a universal emotional landscape. Our one original instinct propels the story: the desire to survive. #animation #storytelling #worldbuilding
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Helen, a narrative designer for games. I also make XR experiences. Interactive mediums help us understand ourselves. My work has appeared with UKAI Projects, the Ottawa Design Club, the Digital Arts Resource Centre, and the Codame Art+Tech Festival.
www.lastdaysofparadise.com
www.lastdaysofparadise.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Helen, a narrative designer for games. I also make XR experiences. Interactive mediums help us understand ourselves. My work has appeared with UKAI Projects, the Ottawa Design Club, the Digital Arts Resource Centre, and the Codame Art+Tech Festival.
www.lastdaysofparadise.com
www.lastdaysofparadise.com
A surreal, large-scale arthouse film with a single-hour long shot near the climax. Long Day's Journey into Night (2018) is a film that operates according to its own inner, secret logic. It has the power to mesmerize and reveal, but not explain. #surreal #film #storytelling
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A surreal, large-scale arthouse film with a single-hour long shot near the climax. Long Day's Journey into Night (2018) is a film that operates according to its own inner, secret logic. It has the power to mesmerize and reveal, but not explain. #surreal #film #storytelling
I love the environmental storytelling in #Psychonauts2. Our experiences of reality can be so subjective. It's a challenge in any medium to convey this to an audience. The level design really lets you feel what it's like to be in someone else's mind. #worldbuilding #gamedev #gamewriting
April 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I love the environmental storytelling in #Psychonauts2. Our experiences of reality can be so subjective. It's a challenge in any medium to convey this to an audience. The level design really lets you feel what it's like to be in someone else's mind. #worldbuilding #gamedev #gamewriting
#UnicornWars is like Care Bears + The Last Unicorn + Cain and Abel + Apocalypse Now + the Book of Revelation. Can't be described, must be experienced. #animation #storytelling
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#UnicornWars is like Care Bears + The Last Unicorn + Cain and Abel + Apocalypse Now + the Book of Revelation. Can't be described, must be experienced. #animation #storytelling